Concealed bath-tub.



C. B. SCHMITT.

CONCEALED BATH TUB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2. |915.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

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CHARLES B. SCHMITT, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

coNcEALED BATH-TUB.

Specification of Letters Patent. patiente@ Umb. 24, 19116.

Application filed August 2, 1915. Serial No. 43,056.

T2 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. SCHMITT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concealed Bath-Tubs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to devices for providing toilet arrangements in connection with bedroom furniture.

It has been found that a bath-tub, of the ordinary width and length and supporting a catch basin at one end inside or outside of the tub, can be placed beneath a stand which is fitted up as a bureau or chiffonnier. A set of faucets for water can then be provided :beve one end of the top of the chiffonnier and a washbowl set in the stand at that end. The bath-tub being low enough, it is then possible to form the outlet from the wash bowl so that it may discharge into the catch basin at the end of the tub and thus allow the tub to be long enough for comfortable bathing.

It is the object of my invention to provide a structure of this nature, and this I do by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, taken on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the chest of drawers removed from the wall.

It is desired to provide a bath in connection with a bedroom bureau, or chiffonnier, and the wall fixtures for the furniture pref erably comprise a glass 1, a shelf 2 below the glass and a lower wall covering 3 of tile or the like. The glass is preferably not to be the whole length of the chiffonnier, but at one end of the glass, at a position which will lie directly above the faucets and the wash bowl, a small wall closet 4t for toilet articles can be provided, said closet to have a glass door 5, and beneath it a shelf 6.

The chiifonnier which has a front 7, sides 8, 8, yand is open at the back, has a partial top 9, and at the end underneath the faucets f' has a standard size wash bowl 10 set into a proper slab 11 of sanitary ware as desired.

This slab is preferably lower than the topv of the chiifonnier, toprevent splashing onto, the top itself, and is preferably of about' one third the size of the piece of furniture.

The faucets 12, 12, for hot and cold water are set into the wall, and extend out over the wash bowl. The back slab 13 out of which the faucets extend can likewise be covered with sanitary ware as desired.

Below the top of the bureau there are provided slideways (not shown) for two narrow drawers 141, 14, and a wide drawer 15 beneath them, and under the wash bowl it is preferred to place a false drawer handle 16, similar to handles 17, 17, which are provided for the rear drawers.

The tub 18, which is long enough to be perfectly comfortable, is lower than the bottom of the wide drawer 15. The outflow pipe 19 from the wash bowl is so constructed and placed as to clear the end of the tub and emptfy into a catch basin 21 placed at the end of the tub. In the construction selected for illustration1 elbows 20 and 22 are provided in the outfiow pipe for this purpose. The catch basin has an outflow pipe 23 which joins with the outflow pipe of the tub (not shown) and this combination in turn is connected in the ordinary way with the regular vent andV drain.

It is understood that the tub is a fixture and the portions mounted on the wall are fixtures. The chiffonnier and the wash bowl, which is formed at the end, are movable, however, on casters Q5, and since the back of the chiffonnier is open, it can be easily moved away from the wall, thereby exposing the tub. IVhen this is done, the faucets will be over the end of the tub in view of its length, and accordingly can be employed for filling the tub.

The convenience of the whole device is very apparent, as it provides a bath arrangement in a minimum of space, and moreover provides a sanitarybath tub and a wash bowl of convenient size in combination with a chiffonnier.

It is not desired because of the omission of mention of equivalent structures to limit the claims that follow to special details where such are not specifically claimed.

Having' thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, afwide chest of drawers, a wash bowl at one end thereof, a bath-tub of a height to lit beneath the chest of drawers, and said chest being open at the back so as to be movable over the tub to conceal the same, a set of water faucets set into the wall, a catch basin for water from the wash bowl attached to one end of the tub, and an outflow pipe from the wash bowl located so as to carry water from the wash bowl to the catch basin.

2. In a device of the character described, a wide chest of drawers, a wash bowl at one end thereof set so that its upper surface is beneath the top of the chest of drawers, a. long bath-tub of a height to fit beneath the chest of drawers, said chest being open at the back so as to be movable over the tub to conceal thesame, a set of water faucets set into the wall to supply water to the wash bowl when the chiffonnier is in place and to the bathtub when the chiffonnier is moved Copies of this patent may be obtaine for ve cents each, by addressing the to the tub.

8. In a device of the character described, a wide chest of drawers, a wash bowl at one end thereof, a long bath-tub of a height to {it beneath the chest of drawers, and said chest being open at the back so as to be movable over the tub to conceal the saine, a set of water faucets set into the wall, a catch basin for water from the wash bowl formed at one end of the tub, and an outflow pipe from the wash bowl turned at an angle so as to extend beyond the upper surface of the bath-tub to avoid splashing into the same.

CHARLES B. SCHMITT.

"Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

